00:00One of the barriers to the development of affordable housing units is actually the bottleneck
00:05of pre-development dollars.
00:07And so one of the things we're announcing today and really excited about is that the
00:11Centene Foundation is partnering with McCormick Baron Salazar MBS, which is one of the nation's
00:17leaders in the development of affordable housing units and in urban revitalization.
00:22And together, addressing the pre-development funds, we are going to unlock $900 million
00:29worth of development projects across the country focused particularly on the communities that
00:33we serve.
00:34And importantly, not just create thousands of affordable housing units as a result of
00:39this, but it also creates a platform where we can deliver community services that are,
00:44again, critical to those other drivers of health.
00:47For Centene, it's about doing a lot with a little, which is something that our members
00:51are uniquely amazing at, and I think speaks to our mission of transforming not just health
00:57care, but transforming the health of the communities that we serve.
